When Yu Yuan pulled the dying "Yuan" out of the saved spacetime, Yuan was completely bewildered.
His mind was still in the Spaceship Ruins.
One moment, everything blurred before his eyes; the next, he was somewhere else.
Alarm surged through him.
But he was already gravely wounded. Helping Wormwood release her soul and laying the groundwork for the Civilization Ladder had pushed him to the brink of collapse.
He had no strength left to do anything else.
Then he saw his surroundings and froze.
What was he seeing?
"A... A Yang?"
"It's me, Leader!" Dawnlight looked at Yuan with excitement.
Yuan was still dazed, unable to understand what had happened.
Is this a hallucination before I die? No... That's not right... His confusion lasted only an instant before he grew alert.
His first thought was that the Blood Sovereign had somehow caught him in a scheme and was influencing his mind.
But the solid feel of everything around him and Dawnlight's familiar aura left him confused.
It all felt real. Impossibly real.
Dawnlight smiled.
Her power gathered around her, then washed over Yuan.
His body visibly began to heal.
As if she knew how many questions he had, Dawnlight reassured him.
"I know you have a lot of questions. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly what happened either. But you have someone to thank for your return: the current leader of the Civilization Ladder. He brought you back."
Yuan followed Dawnlight's gaze to Yu Yuan.
As his body recovered, he sensed the terrifying aura around Yu Yuan.
And within it... he sensed something familiar.
His own aura.
Yuan narrowed his eyes, startled and uncertain.
Is that the aura of the [Mystic] talent and the [God's Profile] Title Path?
He began to suspect who Yu Yuan was.
Yu Yuan smiled at him.